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(No Model.)

A. B. WA N PUZZLE. No. 537,950. Patented Apr. 23, 1895'.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,950, dated April 23, 1 895.

Application filed May 12, 1894:. Serial No. 511,068, (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BERTRAM WAT- soN, clerk, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 54 Sea Bank,,0leethorpes, county of Lincoln, England, have invented a certain new or Improved Puzzle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game or puzzle consisting of a board or surface somewhat like a chess or draught board for example, with squares or divisions marked on it, and of movable pieces or men to be used in connection with the said board or surface.

The squares or divisions of the board or surface are colored in such a way that no two squares or divisions of the same color come next to one another, either diagonally or squarely. Several different colors or tints are employed; and the movable pieces or men are colored the same colors as the squares or divisions of the board or surface.

The game or puzzle consists in placing the 1 pieces or men, one at a time, on the squares or divisions of the board or surface in such manner that no piece or man is placed on a square or division of its own color, or on a square or division which is adjacent, either diagonally or squarely, to a square or division of the same color as the piece or (t ma .When a square or division of the board or surface has been covered by a piece or man, the color of that square or division is to be disregarded, and the color of the piece or man on it is to be considered as substituted for that color.

When all the pieces or men have been placed on the board, one on each square or division, under the above prescribed conditions, the game is finished, or the puzzle solved.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same in relation to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a board or surface as hereinbefore described, before the pieces or men have been placed thereon. Fig. 2 illustrates one of the said pieces or men, and Fig. 3 illustrates the board or surface after the said pieces or men have been placed thereon, and the game finished, or the puzzle solved.

a is the board or surface which may be of any suitable material and design and divided into squares or divisions, which, in the case illustrated, are sixteen in number. These squares or divisions are colored in distinctive colors, as indicated by the capital letters B R Y G (blue, red, yellow, green), those marked W being white. The pieces or men 1) correspond in number to the squares or divisions of the board or surface a. They also correspond in color, as indicated by the letters 13 R Y G and W thereon as in the case of the board or surface, but it will be seen that whereas there are four blue, three red, three yellow, three green, and three white squares or divisions on the board or surface, there are three blue, three red, three yellow, three green, and four white pieces or men.

In order to so place the pieces or men as to finish the game, or solve the puzzle, they may be put upon the board in the following order:Supposing the board or surface to stand in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the top left hand corner (blue) square or division being regarded as No. 1, the next one (red) to the right being regarded as No. 2, and so on, the bottom right hand corner (blue) square or division being regarded as No.16, as shown in Fig. 1, a white piece or man is first placed on No. 16 (blue) square or division, a blue piece or man is then placed on No. 12 (yellow) square or division, a yellow piece or man is then placed on No. 15 (green) square or division, a yellow piece or man is then placed on No. 7 (green) square or division, a green piece or man is then placed on No. 11 (red) square or division, a red piece or man is then placed on No. 14 (white) square or division, a green piece or man is then placed on No.2 (red) square or division, a red piece or man is then placed on No.6 (white) square or division, agreen piece or man is then placed on No. 4 (red) square or division, a red piece or man is then placed on No. 8 (white) square or division, a white piece or man is then placed on No. 10 (blue) square or division, a blue piece or man is then placed on No. 13 (yellow) square or division, a White piece or man is then placed on No. 1 (blue) square or division,abl-ue piece or man is then placed on No. 5 (yellow) square or division, a White piece or man is then placed on No. 3 (blue) square or division, and a yellow piece or man is then placed on No. 9 (green) square or division.

It will be seen that in so manipulating the pieces or men, all of the squares or divisions of the board or surface will be covered, and that at no time will a piece or man be placed on a square or division of its own color or on a square or division which is adjacent to one of the same color as the said piece or man.

Instead of employing distinguishing colors for the squares or divisions, and the pieces or men as above described, I sometimes employ other distinguishing devices, such as letters, numerals, geometrical figures, representations of persons, animals, &c.; and the form of such squares or divisions and pieces or men, may also be varied according to circumstances, and I do not confine myself to the exact number of squares or divisions illustrated nor to the exact order of the moves given above for the completion of the game, or solution of the puzzle, as they may be varied without departing from the nature of my invention; and in some cases a board or surface with recesses or holes may be employed in combination with balls or pegs as commonly used in solitaire boards or traveling chess boards for example.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A game or puzzle comprising a board divided into series of squares each series having a special color or characteristic and the squares of each series being separated both diagonally and squarely from each other by squares of the other series, and pieces or men comprising different series corresponding in character to the several series of squares, sub stantially as described.

In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR BERTRAM WATSON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR I. BEAN, PERCY HU soN. 

